Commonly Abused Drugs Chart - National Institute On Drug Abuse - 2018 Page 23
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30Prescription Stimulants
Medications that increase alertness, attention, energy, blood pressure, heart rate, and breathing rate. For more
information, see the
Misuse of Prescription Drugs Research
Report.
Street Names
Commercial Names
Common Forms
Common Ways Taken
DEA
(Common)
Schedule
Bennies, Black
Amphetamine
Tablet, capsule
Swallowed, snorted,
II
Beauties, Crosses,
(Adderall®)
smoked, injected
Hearts, LA
Turnaround, Speed,
Truck Drivers, Uppers
JIF, MPH, R-ball,
Methylphenidate
Liquid, tablet, chewable
Swallowed, snorted,
II
Skippy, The Smart
(Concerta®, Ritalin®)
tablet, capsule
smoked, injected,
Drug, Vitamin R
chewed
Possible Health Effects
Short-term
Increased alertness, attention, energy; increased blood pressure and heart rate; narrowed
blood vessels; increased blood sugar; opened-up breathing passages.
High doses: dangerously high body temperature and irregular heartbeat; heart disease;
seizures.
Long-term
Heart problems, psychosis, anger, paranoia.
Other Health-related
Risk of HIV, hepatitis, and other infectious diseases from shared needles.
Issues
In Combination with
Masks the depressant action of alcohol, increasing risk of alcohol overdose; may increase
Alcohol
blood pressure.
Withdrawal
Depression, tiredness, sleep problems.
Symptoms
Treatment Options
Medications
There are no FDA-approved medications to treat stimulant addiction.
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Behavioral Therapies
Behavioral therapies that have helped treat addiction to cocaine or
methamphetamine may be useful in treating prescription stimulant addiction.
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Mobile medical application: reSET®
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Page 23 of 30
Commonly Abused Drugs
January 2018
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